When you donate to or volunteer at YouthBuild Lake County your support helps to break down barriers to academic excellence, college access and career access. Our youth rely on the  generous donations, volunteer hours, mentoring and support from the community.  They recognize that support from the community helps them achieve their education and career goals and are grateful for it.

There are many ways to invest in the young men and women working to achieve success for themselves and their families. Whether you would like to show your support by making a donation or corporate sponsorship, volunteering, or attending an event, YouthBuild Lake County and the community of youth we serve are grateful for your support.

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Thank you for investing in the future of the youth of our community. Through your support and generosity opportunity youth can be career-bound—using the high potential that is already within them to fulfill their education, career and life dreams.

Below is a listing of donors from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 that have donated to YBLC’s program.
Thank you for your generosity!

Cornerstone Donors
Diamond
$25,000 and above
Platinum
$10,000 - $24,999
Gold
$5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous x2

Jim Biel and Lesly Marban

City of Waukegan

John Friedman

Ron and Joanne Gerlach

Indiana-Illinois-Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting-FFC

Kevin and Kay Kneeland

Marc and Clare Michelotti

Nielsen-Massey Vanillas

Michelle Raine-Shepherd

Bill and Lisa Sligh

The Lake County Community Foundation

Uline

Silver
$2,500 - $4,999

Anonymous

Baker McKenzie

Todd and Lauren Berger

Steve Blinderman

Blinderman Construction Company, Inc

Dave and Nisha Burns

Jeff Cercy

Richard and Mary Charuhas

Citi

Michael Coglianese and Jamie Denz

Integrated Facilities Solutions

Corey and Lauri Jackson

Dan and Sharon Kane

Kiki and Stephen Katz

Bill and Joanie Kelley

Krügel Cobbles, Inc.

Lake County Workforce Development

Phil and Johanna Lehner

National Tek Service, Inc

Edward and Tamra Polen

Sean and Linda Ramsey

Henry Butterfield and Mary Ryan

 SAS Architects and Planners, LLC

Nicholas and Lissette Trotter

Jake and Katie Turner

Waukegan Community Bank

Wintrust Financial Corporation

Bronze
$1,000 - $2,499

American Place Casino

Anonymous

Nyerere and Kerri Billups

City of Hope

Chris and Julie Compisi

Exchange Club of Gurnee

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Friedman Family Charitable Fund

The George Sollitt Construction Company

The Grainger Foundation

Great Lakes Credit Union

John and Jamie Hill

William and Cindy Holman

Insuresource, LLC

Jack and Jill of America Foundation, Inc.

State Senator Adriane Johnson

Knauz Auto Group

Robert Korman

Anthony Kuykendall and Angie Vondra

Lakeside 360 Partners LLC

Ken and Deneen Matson

Richard and Tera McBlaine

Carl and Sheila Michelotti

Kelly Moritz

North Shore Unitarian Church

Brandon and Stephanie O’Connor

Torrance and Sachi Ramaker

Mike and Lauri Reinhart

Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corporation

  1. Edward Marder Family Foundation

Todd Smith

Jay and Carol Sorkin

Danna and Michael Staff

Deron Strickland

Robert and Jennifer Warrington

Christine Wiedmayer

Richard and Nadine Woldenberg

YWCA of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff

John Zachara and Sara Edney

Copper
$500 - $999

Anonymous x2

Lewis and Lois Barr

Michael Bielski

Michael and Adriana Capone

Jeff and Kelly DeJesus

Raul and Patricia Dominguez

Mark Ferrari

Orvil Gutierrez and Lisa Meggs

Tom and Sandy Hart

Michael and Deborah Hersh

HITZ Pizza

Kroll Patterson Family Charitable Fund

Yaish and Cheryl Levi

Kathy Levin

David and Mimi Liebman

Scott and Ashley Lubeck

Jim and Renee Lynch

Gabe Monroe

Mollye Oler

One Stop IT

Mitchell and Ruthie Rabin

Scott Sams

Antoine and Adriane Shaw

Terrence and Amanda Smith

Michael and Mary Faith Terkildsen

Brad Thompson and Ellen Kogstad Thompson

UBS Financial Services

Katie and Keith Wilhelm

Aluminum
$100 - $499

Abbott Laboratories, Inc

Adam’s Auto Body Shop

Mike and RoniSue Alber

Bill and Kerry Almond

Alan Alport

Anonymous

Carlos and Adriana Argueta

Frank Bass

Marvin and Susie Berger

Anita (Paulie) Beutel

Jim and Melissa Brody

Kevin and Lori Burns

Philip Callahan

Mark and Betsy Carroll

Daniel Chavez

Chinni Chilamkurti

Ben Chrischilles

Steve and Melissa Cieslica

Nadine Clarkson

Matthew and Sandi Croll

Sam Cunningham

Dave and Deb Digby

Josh and Sarah Duncan

Katie Easthon

Bob Echales

Mary Edly-Allen

Berry and Sheila Ellis

Mitch Erickson

Exchange Club of Grayslake

Farmers Insurance – Daniel Cahue

Andrew and Katie Feit

Michael Fickes

Lynn Florian

Paul and Barbara Friedman

Leif Gamrath

Amileo Glover

Andy Goodfellow

Bobbie Gordon

Paul Hamann

Hank’s Cleaners

Brad and Molly Harper

Teri Heyden

Herb and Karen Hill

Jon and Lisette Hirsch

Kathy Howard

Tom and Margie Hurwich

Fred and Adriane Hutchinson

Greg and Joanne Jackson

Lisa Jacobs

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Nadine Johnson

Erin Joslin

Greg and Merle Kalisky

Leo and Suzanne Kane

Tom and Ellen Kaplan

Emily and Kraig Knas

Alan and Nancy Kovitz

Emily Kunschke

Charles and Alice Kurland

Heather Lane

Connie and Tim Lavin

Kevin Lazarski

Jerrold Levy

Gloria Lewis

Fred and Patricia Lurie

Matt and Beckley Maggio

Amanda Marshall

Mark and Heather Massart

Courtney Meseck

Max Michelotti

Robert and Galen Minetz

Alan and Fran Mintz

Lilly Moss

James Moyer

Eileen Mullen-Gasteier

Phil and Diane Mullenix

Donald and Karen Norman

Todd O’Brien

Steve Olson

Tom and Lucy O’Neill

Kevin and Pam Paradies

Thomas and Sue Pingel

Aline Raine

Ivan Ramirez

John and Vanessa Reakes

Wendy Kay Reitz

Monique Reynolds

Tom Richey

Kevin Riggs

Matthew Rizzie

Gina Roberts

Mayor Leon Rockingham and Yvonne Rockingham

Nina Rockingham Tate

Pamela Ryan

Janice Schnobrich

Neil and Adrienne Schwartz

Sandro and Sue Serra

John Shepherd Jr.

Larry and Joy Shulruff

Bruce and Barbara Siegal

Ryan and Jennifer Snell

Lou and Diane Summers

Stuart and Marianne Taussig

Joe and Katie Tess

Jackie and Astrid Tompkins

Jessica and Marlon Tucker

Scott and Adriane Turow

Elizabeth Valdez

Jed Van Zante and Tobbie Walter

Lynette Vega

Vehicle Electronics Repairs

Ivon Vidal

Jeff Wehmeyer

Alex and Bob Wilson

Steel
$1 - $99

Ruthann Birkinshaw

Lee and Vanessa Brown

Helyn Carlson

Danny Collins

Timothy Richard Eddy

Theresa Ford

Pamela Glover

Nathaniel Harris and Yolanda Denise Buckner-Harris

Townsend and Marilyn Jones

Nicole Kneeland-Woods

Gregory Lewis

Aerica Love

PayPal Giving Fund

Mrs. Barbara Pierce

Arlene Raine

Elayne Raine

Richard Ray

La’Nell Roland

Kathryn Short

Dan Starck

Michelle Sommerfield

Alex Wilkosz

* all or a portion of the gift was goods or services

WORDS FROM OUR PARTNERS

Interested in becoming a Corporate partner or sponsor? Whether you are looking to have your team join YBLC for a service project or want to hire a YBLC graduate to join your team, click below to learn more about how your company can get involved with YouthBuild Lake County.

Gold
$5,000 - $9,999
Copper
$500 - $999

Amazon Smile

Anonymous x2

Lewis and Lois Barr in honor of Allen Berger

David and Susan Bishop

Paul and Peg Cussen

Tony and Renee DeVito

Raul and Patricia Dominguez

Exchange Club of Grayslake

Fairchild Industries

Mark Ferrari

Herb and Sandy Foster

Paul Friedman and Barbara Goldman

The George Sollitt Construction Company

 

Global Benefits

Illinois Builders and Associates

Scott and Lori Kaya

Kroll Patterson Family Charitable Fund

John and Nicole Krupinski

Dina Lazarski

Aerica Love

Brian and Andrea Madsen

Debbie McCann

Robert and Suzanne McDonald

Midwest Fence Corporation

Eric and Moira Muller

Muller Trading Company

 

 

Northwestern Mutual-Goris Financial Group, Inc

Kevin and Pam Paradies

Partners in Capacity

Cliff and Eva Rice

Rao Surapaneni in memory of Satyanarayana Siripurapu

Taylor Enterprises, Inc.

UBS Financial Services

Alan and Elaine Weisz

Ryan and Dana Wells

West’s Insurance Agency

Sean and Tameka Wilson

Matthew and Holly Yeterian in honor of Allen Berger

Kristin Zelkowitz

ABOUT YOUTHBUILD LAKE COUNTY

2025 Annual Report

YouthBuild Lake County had an incredible year with a huge amount of impact, serving 96 participants through our 3 programs! To learn more about the programs, projects, and participants from last year, click the button below!